dirumpo

dirumpo

Latin

Etymology

    From dis- + rumpō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    dīrumpō (present infinitive dīrumpere, perfect active dīrūpī, supine dīruptum); third conjugation

    1. to break down, to wear away
      • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Letters to Friends:
        Hīs ego tamen diēbus, lūdīs scaenicīs, nē forte videar tibi nōn modo beātus sed līber omnīnō fuisse, dīrūpī mē paene in iūdiciō Gallī Canīnī, familiāris tuī.
        As for me, these past days, during the plays (in case you picture me as a free man, if not a happy one), I pretty well ruptured my lungs defending your friend Gallus Caninius.
    2. to burst or shatter; destruct

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Dutch: disrumperen
    • Italian: dirompere
    • French: dérompre
    • English: disrupt

    References

    • dirumpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • dirumpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • dirumpo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.